I-M-Moral

The day whole India was earnestly waiting for the 60th anniversary commemorations of the republic day, which is known for auspicious institutionalization of our own constitution, somewhere in Mangalore a group of self proclaimed saviors of the religion, society and morality attacked on a pub and barked their sexist mentality out. They teased the same constitution we were waiting to celebrate for and rewrote their own disgraceful law book that legitimizes and emboldens such heinous crimes. Taliban are not confined to Swat valley or Northern part of the Pakistan. They are very much present in India too, albeit with the different name, color of worship and slogans. Their savagery in the name of lord Ram would have made Ram himself ashamed of his followers--not for the first time--who being blind folded due to their incompetency and impotency to do anything worthwhile, become stooges of their god fathers.

Why a culture needs goons to protect it? Why do we need retrogressive modality to save us from their called perdition? If the so called saviours of the Hinduism, who are completely oblivious to the true Indian culture known for its tolerance, define and impose morality on the gender basis, are they any different from terrorists who want to impose their whim on common helpless men? Despite public commotions, political protests--ostensible though--and so called non-bailable warrants perpetrators have been willfully committing despicable crimes in different forms such as attacks based on religious grounds on Christians , attacks based on language and territorial grounds on North Indians and attacks on women for someone's whimsical and quirked interpretation of morality.

Situation becomes complicated and alarming when people mould the conception of morality, religion and unsatiated ego according to their conveniences and mix it with vested interests of their accessories--Sangh Parivar. Sangh Parivar, working through its hydra headed branches has learnt its lesson from the Nazi experiment: gradually, spew communalism in the society, come in the power and continue their agenda of communal divide in the name of a community. Such apparent saviours of morality or society most often employ hooligans and rowdies and channelize them to create public unrest. Their idea is to have as much visibility as they can possibly get and then get job of their interest from those who want their services. This is exactly what hidden gunda organizations did previously. Now the organization part has been embellished with religious sentiments and power has been arranged through political impunity.

Wish along with millions of Gods and Goddesses we have had that Greek Goddess who could transform enemies to harmless animals. In my surreal fantasy I would have suggested that they be converted to pigs.

Since the rot of hooliganism has percolated from top to bottom, snuffing the rubbish out from the bottom is neither possible nor it will help ameliorate the condition. How I wondered that ours is a matured democracy that can peacefully vote their opinion through ballot rather than bullet and change the fate of the nation--as it did in 2004 when we voted out BJP. It appears hypocrisy now. Indian democracy has come to a phase where such squabbling anarchist groups are challenging law and order and are still untouched. Such self proclaimed heirs of the Hinduism are continuously leeching the still left humanity, tolerance and rationality and infusing the venom of division.

The only solution to such issues is public awakening! Time has again come to show the power of clenched fist instead of five different fingers. It was the clenched fist of civilians that pushed the English out from this country! It was the clenched fist of angry crowd and unarmed policeman that eventually captured one terrorist alive! Let's add gritting teeth to clenched fists before the pernicious trend of senas grapples with the law and order, which is now a mere impotent spectator, and marches with heaved pride towards talibanaziation of India.

What gleamed and what went unnoticed!

That India is looking forward to become a world power someday demands proper attention to the events that went unnoticed. Consequences otherwise will be perilous.

In the wake of Mumbai terrorist attacks, there rose many arm chair warriors and coffee table strategists, who blather on their panacea for terrorism. It is quite akin to what happened when financial crisis took precedence over other important everyday affairs. Bed room economists tried to explain what happened and babies were born with a oven ready finance model to save to world. The contagion didn't stay with gullible people; columnists and professors of high esteem too were caught writing reams of rubbish. In the meanwhile, the world witnessed a rare moment of unity among enemical politicians and mass - uninfluenced by communal disparity. Everybody stood in cohesion and chanted India! No hidden desire, no vested interests and no communalism; ostensibly! But animal instincts of territorial fascination usually circumvent rational thinking. Media went bonkers both the the sides and presented altogether different explanations of one reality.

As the unity continued, initially by daily protest all over India then by weekly protests and in the end by SMS / e-mail campaigns, few venomous RSS creatures came out from their sty and bawled over nuking Pakistan. Had they studied even in primary schools, they would have known the disaster Stone age nuclear bombs caused in Japan. But for the sake of speech, which is generally punctuated by bursts of laughter and invectives, they spoke. As the time passed, cracks on the surface of unity came visible. Antulay came from his lair and disseminated baseless doubts about martyrs' death. He immediately ate his words back but the leftover was masticated and then reflected on by Urdu press and Pakistan. Incumbent government stuck to their mandate and lay supine for the sake of minority votes. Had we had a prime minister with spine (read Indira Gandhi) instead of a reporter to her majesty, such people of hybrid breed would have been wrapped in a letter saying that you haven't seen the worst yet and deported to Somalia. Alas! We cannot expect everything. Our external affairs minister continued his ritual of 'between the meals' threats to Pakistan. Pakistan too parroted their ‘between the Namaz’ demand for valid 'proofs'. All in all, I really empathize with Mr Raj. His dream that people will write softwares in Marathi wiggled away from his eyes. However, he vented his anger on CDs of Ghulam Ali.

On the international front, British Prime Minister Mr George Brown gave lip support to India and few million pounds to Pakistan. Paradoxically, british traced all terror activities to Pakistan. The clear reason for such a support was not told but I would hazard a guess. LeT must be in dearth of grenades and guns after Mumbai mission! Russia, I don't know from where, too threw her two cents analysis that terrorists hailed from Pakistan. They did not speak after that. They are busy empowering Iran with their new missiles, and in turn irritating the US. China, who rejected Pakistan's begging bowl previously, extended her chord of military friendship and support, as expected. Innocent people straddled over both the sides of the border remained wonderstruck over the deals happening.

All the good thing happening, few events went unnoticed. Firstly, due to their subtleness they were not understood and secondly for being less competent. The worst always outsells the bad.

First event that was left unnoticed was the US's unconditional support to India. (The US and China both supported Pakistan in 1971. China is man enough to stay same). The US is ditching old girl friend 'Pakistan' in favor of the new 'India'. No wonder Man Mohan Singh told to Bush that India loves you. During 80's the US fed Pakistan dollars and arms to support religious army against Soviet Union. Once the mission was over, the US weaned off the Jihadi army, which eventually back fired. In the process of dismantling Soviet Union, the US created two recalcitrant monsters; first in the name of religious army and second a collusion of CIA, ISI and Don Dawood. It is alleged that Dawood helped US a lot by drug trafficking and money laundering during 80's. Pakistan used a part of funding for her Kashmir issue and germinated groups such as LeT, JeM etc. India asked for a few terrorists, including Dawood. US interrupted! India will never get Dawood; for he, if caught, may reveal what could be a nightmare for the US and Indian industrialists as well as politicians. Their secret money safe in secret swiss cache will be exposed. The US's support for India could be an Indication that US wants India to be her proxy against Afghanistan and perhaps against China, if she kept rising high.

The second event that received step child treatment was tight slaps on the face of Indian democracy. The first slap was reservation card played in the South by none other than our Bahen Ji. The logic elucidated was inclusion; wish someone could explain her that reservation unfortunately works the opposite way and eventually helps compartmentalize the society. Amartya Sen, a noble laureate that he is, sang his own song of reservations in IIT. I wish he understood the real need of IIT instead of parroting the rhetoric. On same lines IIMs were targeted for state control, similarity and various other suggestions of no value. Thankfully IIMs used their right to refuse the rubbish. While politicians used and abused the democracy by slapping on the 'left' cheek of India, private giants such as TATAs slapped the right one. Though the red fingers are not apparent, the impending danger cannot be ignored. Private elite class unfortunately talked about beefing up their private security and intelligence and everyone spoke in chorus; however, no one could guess the hidden cost. Ideologies are not developed in a day or two and once developed, they are the most difficult to be changed. Once such ideology in inception is lack of faith in government institutions, hence lack of faith in democracy. Efforts to raise private army, private security and private world will polarize the country. One side will be the middle class voting and bearing the brunt of the attacks and other-side will be upper class, secured and cocooned in their private villas, surrounded by private armies. This different sort of privatization will laugh its lungs out on Indian democracy.

Another event which could not compete against Antulay's remarks was an interview of Mr Jaswant Singh. Mr Jaswant Singh said that the act of releasing three dreaded terrorist was justfied and he would again do so if such accident occurs. Although it could have been a 'right' decision considering the plight of sobbing families, giving open invitation to terrorist that Mr. Jaswant Singh was ready to repeat Kandhar demands deliberation. Doesn't he belong to a party that celebrates its engineered 'POTA'? Would not those terrorist, then escorted by Mr. Singh, have designed many terror attacks in the country. Was the decision of saving 166 passenger on the cost of whole country not wrong? What ever the answers may be, Mr. Jaswant Singh's cordial statements for terrorist were definitive wrong.

That India is looking forward to become a world power someday demand proper attention to the events that went unnoticed. Consequences otherwise will be perilous.

Hopeless politicos

When the toothless politicians inexorably act to make the nation soft (and porous) to swallow it easily, the nation bleeds. In the current spate of terror attacks on the sovereignty of India, politicos have played blame the opposition game profusely. While the NSG operation was in progress, Mr L.K. Adwani couldn’t stop himself from bashing on opposition and called it a system failure. At the same time Mr Modi spoke utter non-sense and announced some packages for martyrs, which fortunately was thrown back at his face by the proud families. BJP leaders firstly failed to understand the gravity of the situation and could not help themselves from showing their animal upbringing by speaking rubbish. Secondly, they forgot, thanks to their volatile memory, that there were much severe attacks on India during BJP rule, namely - Parliament attack, Kargil war, Attack on Akshardham temple and some here and there bomb blasts. They also forgot that BJP is the sole responsible party who sought vote in the name of 'Ram Mandir' and spread the contagion of riots in the entire world. Further what Mr L. K. Adwani, and surprisingly our news hungry media, has also forgotten that he was in the first few to have been booked under Hawala. On what merits did he qualify for the prime ministerial candidature is beyond my ken. MNS, the great Marathi savior party, too was not away from playing politics. They spread the SMS, apart from the ritual posters all politicos pasted all over Mumbai, that Marathi officers gave their lives fighting terrorists. What they must understand that not all the naval commandos and not all the NSG commandos were Marathi. In such a serious state, Shiv Sena cheif says that he will not allow Pakistan team to play in Maharashtra; when will he (they) learn that it is about country, not about a particular state. Those who support either Shiv Sena or MNS must reevaluate first on the basis of their silence and then on their funny remarks. Does Mumbai really need a leader who didn't dare to address the state? Does Mumbai really need a leader who deserted them when they needed him the most? Does Mumbai need a leader who did not come forward to console and encourage his citizen? At least in such a situation, when the whole country stood united, MNS, Shiv Sena, BJP and Congress should have stayed in their lairs.

In a country, where blood comes cheap, where neighbors uncork champagne when we perish, where media is continuously showing the story of horror and using martyrs as their advertisement bait (being really insensitive to their families), where common men have realized a new pastime of bashing on politicians, where the politicos don't do anything but condemn the attacks, where so called public servants started cashing on the opportunity even before the trauma was over, where a chief minister of a state says, "the terrorists planned 5000 killings but we made them succumbed to kill only 200" and "we had some information but not the specific ones" (the most absurd statement I have ever heard, as if terrorists are obligated to inform everything before arriving), where a home minister of a state writes his own political obituary by saying, "such small accidents do happen", and where the other CM says, "not even a dog will visit Sandeep Unnikrishanan's house", and where they still roam with tight security (I really mourn on parliament attack failure), while common man is fighting for survival, I feel not to waste my precious moments thinking and writing about politic mistakes of our citizen anymore.

Mr Raj

We know him now; thanks to his inflammatory speeches, acting as fuel to the motor working against the concept 'India united'. We knew him earlier too, when he himself could not stay united with his family. It was alleged that his involvement in murder of 'Ramesh Kinni' led to such a decision. However, this does not sound logical. How can there be a politician (who he is not yet) without red hands. Anyway sometimes the thought of someone taking initiative to rebuild Maharashtra and unite Marathi Manoos bothers me. Not because that the cause it not good, to me the thought is supreme, but because it is perpetrated in the pretext of politicians vested interests . One must think of protecting and rebuilding his persons, but the cost associated and the means to achieve the end goal must be fair. Raj will enjoy congress's imputiny as long as he plays its puppet and as long as he is against Shiv Sena (The aim is actually to divide Marathi Manoos between Congress and BJP). For the congress it is not new; they have been raising such people from time to time. Bhinderwalan, Mr. Raj are just a few examples of Congress's politics.

His partners in crime have been singing victory songs for their continual assaults on Indian constitution. Quite recently, they sang a new song as Maharashtra government is asking for 80% reservation for local people in the industries in Maharashtra. Such a ordinance, if passed, will violate the fundamental rights of Indian citizens to stay anywhere in the country and practice the vocation they want. Well it is not new for MNS to rejoice when laws are broken. Today, he is one of those who are acting profusely to undo the efforts of the great 'Iron man', sardar vallabh bhai paten. He (Iron man) was instrumental in getting 600 princely states into one dominion named India. Raj and his champions are hell bent to divide India in the lines of states of origin.

Maharashtra, if we look into the history, was not confined to the boundaries we see today. Its reach was till Jhansi and its people actively fought the English from Kanpur. Maharashtra is an integral part of India and any Indian should be treated there equally as long as he is contributing to the nation. However, it seems that Raj Thackeray, either doesn't have the political finesse or is incompetent to deal with issues that are much more serious issues. At least I don't believe that Marathis are incompetent in any manner. Why do they need protection from 'South Indians' (1960s), from 'Muslims' (1970s), Gujratis and now from North Indians. For his information, most of the industries are owned by non marathi people. The best example is Bhojpuri movies industry. It generates jobs for more than 200 marathi people in Mumbai and earns around Rs 50 crore for Maharashtra government. What if they plan a shift to somewhere else. All the big guns, such as Tata, Reliance and many more are from non-maharashtra orgin. Today Gujrat is prospering leaps and bounds and Modi government is more than stable. MNS's such efforts will help Modi, and then Gujrat, gain an edge over Maharashtra. Perhaps Mr Raj hasn't thought about insidious effects of his acts.

If he se so serious, he must think about the farmers committing suicide in Maharashtra. If he is so serious, he must think about terrorsims in Maharashtra, and in whole India for that matter. But he cannot think beyond casting aspersions on Amitabh Bachchan (who actively helped Indian film industry survive in 1970 when it was seeing new grounds by each movie they produced) and on north indians. If he is so seirous, he must think about Maharashtra ad a whole not Mumbai alone. He asked what has Amitabh Bachchan done for Maharashtra, but I ask what has he done for Maharashtra economy instead of asking his goons to destroy public property, which in fact will be ressurrected by Marashatra's tax payers money. He chose easy targets, as opposed to those chosen by Shiva ji Maharaj, whom he worships. In the last, if he is so serious, he must resort to fair means for his people. MNS workers beat up innocent students, and actually killed one, on the false belief, spread by the man himself, that railway recruitment advertiesements were not published in Marathi news papers. However, when it was proved otherwise, he shifted his stands and argued on the prominency of the advertiesments. To my knowledge, naked hurried run doesn't appeal to voters. They need an issue, he created one and media helped him.

But when a state sponsors terrorism, the country bleeds. All the laws broken, his arrests are made to popularize him. Poor common people cannot see that the battle over marathi manoos is actually a battle between two cousins, working to cut other's vote bank. The calculation is simple enough; the more MNS does pro-marathi fights, the more famous it becomes. In such conditions, Shiv Sena loses marathi votes, however if it tries to do the same and act againt north-indians, it loses its non-marathi votes, hence 15-18 assembly seats.

With the conscience of most of the politicians dead in this age of power, fame and wealth, it will indeed be heartening to see, if this letter touches your conscience somewhat and renders an apology from you, for your unpardonable divisive act targeted at our secular nation, India.